Trust Clinical Fellow ST3/4- Trauma and Orthopaedics

at  West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

This is a fixed term, full-time post for a Trust registrar designed to give training and experience in Trauma and Orthopaedics. This post would suit a surgical trainee who may have successfully passed the MRCS examination and who is now looking for additional orthopaedic experience before applying for a Specialist Registrar post. Exciting opportunity exists for enthusiastic and ambitious individuals to join, learn from, and support the Orthopaedic surgical team. The successful applicants will join the Trauma and Orthopaedic department at a Registrar level.
They will be expected to take part in the middle tier level as part of the site based on call rota with a junior doctor and an orthopaedic consultant based at WHHT that covers both sites. The post will also include weekend on calls within working time directive. The post does not have formal training recognition, but the successful applicant will be expected to take a full part in the Directorates education and Clinical Governance programme. Responsibilities Supporting outpatient and inpatient care of patients with T&O problems referred by General Practitioners and hospital colleagues.
Supporting the consultant surgeon in providing, enhancing, and developing specialist care.Management of emergency admissions when on-call supporting on call SHO and consulting with consultant on call as appropriate.Supervising junior doctors and non-consultant medical staff. Teaching junior doctors, medical students, and non-medical staff as appropriate and in line with the guidance by the Postgraduate Dean and Clinical Tutor and FY2 Foundation year programme Director. Conducting patient management in line with the guidelines agreed by the T&O consultants and the Trust.Undertaking audit of his/her work and contributing to appropriate national audits. Participating in continuing professional development and in the Trusts appraisal and assessment processes, which include a formal annual appraisal.Participating in the Trusts Clinical Governance activities

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